About – Astoria Cat Rescue

Every cat can live his life on the street, with
a full belly, a warm shelter, and a safe environment.

Growing problem

Astoria has a very large community cat population, this we know! An average cat has 1-8 kittens per litter and 2-3 litters per year. During her reproductive life a female cat can have more than 100 kittens. Up to 4,948 kittens can be born from one unspayed female cat and her offspring in seven years.

Adding to these statistics is the number of cats that are abandoned. After living a life indoors, cats do not adjust well to life on the streets when abandoned. Countless numbers of these poor cats become feral after being dumped, they get hit by cars, die of infections or not being really prepared to fend for themselves, die of starvation and hardships.

What we do?

Astoria Cat Rescue is dedicated to bettering the lives of the cats that live on our streets. This starts with full bellies. ACR feeds over 150 cats EVERY NIGHT in over 14 colonies. Our vision is to strive for spay/neuter of all the cats in our colonies, as well as weeding out the sick, the kittens and the abandoned for medical help and resocialization. Regardless of how an animal comes to us, we provide food, shelter, medical care, and most importantly, love, until the kitty is adopted into its purrfect new home.

Feeding

Feeding our community cats is the heart and soul of what we do. We are always in need of volunteers to help with feeding because we do it every night.

This directly and positively impacts the lives of many cats at one time. There are two parts to feeding our colonies. One is helping to prepare the food, and the second part is distributing the food in and around the Astoria area. So come for the first half, the second half, or stay for the whole thing!

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Medical

Every rescue cat first sees a vet for a thorough examination. This entails parasite treatment, spay/neuter surgery, vaccinations and an FIV/Felv

test. But our medical treatment doesn’t stop there. Sometimes medical care can also entail compassionate euthanasia, cats who are sick or cats that were hit by cars. Sometimes cats come in with debilitating problems like Alex, who’s birth defect was so severe he later lost his eye. (Alex’s story can be found on the last page.)

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Every little bit helps

The cost of food to feed 150 cats on the street every night is staggering!! But your donation does not have to be a monetary one to help us out. Try our Amazon wishlist and have food sent directly to us!